LeapRate has learned that Retail FX broker Juno Markets has been removed from Hong Kong Financial regulator SFC's Alert List. The Alert List is a compilation of entities which have come to the attention of the SFC because they are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong…
Read moreCopenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced the launch of SaxoTraderPRO, a new trading platform for active traders and institutional clients offering what the company calls a unique combination of a feature rich trading platform and ease of use. Catering to active traders and institutional clients, SaxoTraderPRO is set to replace the current…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Brian Myers (pictured above) has resigned his position as CEO of FCA regulated Retail FX broker GKFX Financial Services Limited. In the interim, GKFX CFO Rod Martenstyn will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer, pending regulatory approval, with immediate effect. Brian Myers joined GKFX as CEO in late 2016…
Read moreAxiomSL, a provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, has announced the strategic partnership with Genpact, a global professional services firm that delivers digital transformation for clients, to automate and execute bespoke models for IFRS 9. The solution industrialises the rating model process and combines all the building blocks and calculation flows for IFRS…
Read moreDerivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has announced it has reached an all-time high quarterly average daily volume (ADV) of 22.2 million contracts during first-quarter 2018, up 30% from first-quarter 2017. Highlights include: Record quarterly average daily volume (ADV) in five of six asset classes Record quarterly ADV across Options Record Eurodollar futures ADV of…
Read moreFX payments specialist moneycorp has just announced that it has appointed Graham Cassell as Chief Information Officer. Cassell will be responsible for overseeing its ongoing digital transformation, focusing on technical strategy development and system architecture and design. The appointment comes at a time of significant global expansion for moneycorp, whilst it strives to achieve a…
Read morePayments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has announced the appointment, with immediate effect, of Karim Ahmad to the newly created role of Chief Product and Transformation Officer. The new executive role reflects Paysafe’s intensified investment in extending its products and capabilities via an integrated, global payments platform as well as its ongoing strategic drive…
Read moreRussian broker FINAM Forex announced that it has connected the new platform to its single trading account. Now, the broker's clients can trade MOEX, SPB Exchange, NYSE and Nasdaq instruments via MetaTrader 5. This is a persuasive response to the popular comment of technology pessimists who claim that, "The platform is good, but you need…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive Interview... Continuing our series of interviews with some of the leading personalities in the FX world, we are pleased to speak today with Remonda Kirketerp-Møller. If the name doesn't ring a bell, her resume certainly should. Remonda joined Saxo Bank in 2003 and played a key role in developing the Legal and Compliance Department…
Read moreDigital security company Gemalto has announced that SafeNet KeySecure has been validated for use with the latest release of NetApp® Volume Encryption (NVE) data management solution. As a result, NetApp customers do not need to encrypt the entire disk drive; they can choose to encrypt granularly at the volume level without the need and additional…
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